Author

Publication

2018 - BRILL

Language

English

Word Count

78,000 words, Guess

Page Count

312 pages

Identifiers

  • ISBN-139789004367791
  • ISBN-109004367799
  • Library of Congress Control Number2018012757
  • OCLC Control Number1029075202
  • Better World Books9789004367791
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Classifications

  • LCCKBP526.32.L37A34
  • LCCKBP526.32.L37 A34 2018

Description

In 'How Muftis Think' Lena Larsen explores fatwas that respond to questions asked by Muslim women in Western Europe in recent decades. The questions show women to be torn between two opposing notions of morality and norms: one stressing women?s duties and obedience, and one stressing women?s rights and equality before the law. Focusing on muftis who see ?the time and place? as important considerations in fatwa-giving, and seek to develop a local European Islamic jurisprudence on these increasingly controversial issues, Larsen examines how they deal with women?s dilemmas. Careful not to suggest easy answers or happy endings, her discussion still holds out hope that European societies and Muslim minorities can recognize shared moral concerns.

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